Matthew 22:9
Go then to the cross-roads, and get all those whom you see to come to the bride-feast.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
In Context
8Then he said to his servants, The feast is ready but the guests were not good enough.
Cross References
Proverbs 8:1Is not wisdom crying out, and the voice of knowledge sounding?
Isaiah 55:1Ho! everyone in need, come to the waters, and he who has no strength, let him get food: come, get bread without money; wine and milk without price.
Ezekiel 21:21For the king of Babylon took his place at the parting of the ways, at the top of the two roads, to make use of secret arts: shaking the arrows this way and that, he put questions to the images of his gods, he took note of the inner parts of dead beasts.
Mark 16:15And he said to them, Go into all the world, and give the good news to everyone.
Luke 24:47And that teaching about a change of heart and forgiveness of sins is to be given to Jerusalem first and to all nations in his name.
Ephesians 3:8To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, was this grace given, so that I might make clear to the Gentiles the good news of the unending wealth of Christ:
Matthew Henry on Matthew 22:2-15
The Parable of the Marriage Feast. 1 And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said, 2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, 3 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. 4 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. 5 But they made light of it,… Read the whole commentary →